5 reasons why the main roster debuts of the four NXT Superstars last week was a wrong decision by WWE

There was a huge amount of shock for the WWE Universe last week on WWE TV. As four of the top NXT Superstars, NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa, NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, Aleister Black, and Ricochet, all debuted at the same time on both brands.

Ciampa and Gargano reunited to defeat Raw Tag Team Champions, The Revival on Raw, the next night on SmackDown, they defeated The Bar. Ricochet teamed up with Finn Bálor to defeat Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush on Raw and then defeated Eric Young on SmackDown. Even Black defeated Elias on Raw and then defeated Andrade on SmackDown.

Their debuts were largely successful on the main roster and it's possible they get involved in a major storyline for WrestleMania 35, but still, I believe this was a wrong decision by WWE to introduce the new NXT call-ups so early, and here are five reasons for it.

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#5 Not the right time

Aleister Black backstage on Raw

Its WrestleMania season, all storylines have already started picking up from The Royal Rumble pay-per-view in January, as it was the first stop on the "Road To WrestleMania". WWE plans the entire match-card for WrestleMania various months before the event.

Already, the top two matches of the card have been confirmed, where Brock Lesnar will defend his Universal Title against Seth Rollins, and Ronda Rousey will defend her Raw Women's Title against Charlotte Flair (and Becky Lynch) in a rumored triple threat match.

It's possible all of these new NXT Superstars are somehow pushed in one of the lower title bouts. Otherwise, they might end up being in the pre-show competing in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

It would be a complete waste if these main event level performers do not have a major match on the biggest event in WWE's calendar, so it was definitely not the right time to introduce these talented performers.

#4 No future plans

DIY talking to Heavy Machinery backstage on Raw

I just want to ask WWE one thing - what are the future plans for all of these new NXT Superstars? I mean, they were called up suddenly to the main roster without any vignettes or video packages about their characters, personalities, and achievements while in NXT.

In short, they weren't properly introduced on the main roster, instead, they were spotted backstage by various wrestling news websites, and then later on Triple H confirmed in the opening of the show that all four NXT stars will be in action on Raw and SmackDown.

This makes us believe that the new NXT Superstars were randomly called up to the main roster with no long-term plans. Well, in that case, their booking on the main roster could be utter rubbish, because when WWE plans on bringing any NXT star up to the main roster, his/her debut and long-term storylines are already pre-planned, but in this scenario nothing was planned at all, so it would definitely affect the new stars.

#3 Desperate move to increase ratings

Finn Bálor and Ricochet having a talk before their match on Raw

WWE has signed two new TV deals which will begin in 2019, Monday Night Raw will continue on USA Network, while SmackDown will debut live on FOX Sports on Friday nights, both will be part of new five-year deals which will bring a lot of money to the company.

Now, these deals could suffer, if the ratings go down, as then it will give hints that fans are no longer interested in the current product. For the past few weeks, ratings have been floundering for both Raw and SmackDown, which has put WWE on notice.

Normally during WrestleMania season, ratings substantially increase, but this year it is going down instead. So WWE could have made a desperate move to increase the ratings by calling new NXT talent to the main roster, as then it could bring more eyeballs to the company.

It may turn out to be positive for the ratings, but it will definitely be a negative for all of these athletes' respective careers. WWE could have easily brought back a major star from the past, similar to what they have done before to boost the ratings.

#2 NXT will Lose all of their top talents

Top NXT stars brawling after NXT Takeover: Phoenix

Just imagine four of the main event level talents - Ciampa, Gargano, Black, and Ricochet, all moving up to the main roster at the same time. It would have a huge impact on WWE's third big brand. As there would be no major stars left on the brand to provide it with star power.

It can be mentioned that Velveteen Dream, Matt Riddle, and The Undisputed Era are some of the major stars who are still in NXT, but soon they will also move to the main roster, possibly after WrestleMania 35.

Surely, all these four stars could continue to compete on NXT after WrestleMania 35, but working on Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and all the live events at the same time will be a big task for the four performers, which could risk the possibility of injuries. Injuries impact your career on the main roster, just ask Finn Bálor and The Revival!

#1 Main roster careers in jeopardy

New arrivals to WWE from NXT

If you remember nearly three months ago, the McMahon's announced they would be controlling WWE programming going forward (while they obviously control it off-screen).

During that segment, they informed there would be new faces arriving on Raw and SmackDown from the NXT roster, which included EC3, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, Heavy Machinery, and Lars Sullivan - who hadn't done much on NXT.

But their main roster careers turned out to be more pathetic, as Lacey Evans and Nikki Cross competed in the Women's Royal Rumble match after which they were forgotten, EC3 faced Dean Ambrose where he won the first match and lost the second encounter, Heavy Machinery were defeated in two #1 contender's matches for Tag Team Titles opportunities, and Lars Sullivan never made it to the main roster.

All of this highlights the points which I mentioned in this article, as it wasn't the right time to introduce them, there were no proper plans for these stars, and they were just brought up to make WWE's "New Era" special.

The main thing is that the story has always remained the same with every other NXT star, as they achieve a lot of success on WWE's third major brand but begin struggling as soon as they arrive on the main roster.

By looking at former NXT stars' main roster careers, there is no doubt the new four top NXT stars' careers could also be in jeopardy. We can just hope that WWE proves us wrong by giving these new stars successful main roster careers.